Simplek12

The webinar I chose was **Cyber-Bullying, What Every Teacher Should Know** The biggest idea that I pulled out of this webinar is to stress to the kids, continually, about the importance of watching their digital footprint. It is necessary for parents to be invited in their child's digital lives and that they have an interest in what their children are doing. A great quote to remind kids about posting things online is NEVER SAY OR SEND ANYTHING YOU'D BE EMBARRASSED ABOUT IF THE WHOLE WORLD SAW! Even if they share a text to a close friend it only takes one click for that private message to be sent globally.

Kevin also discussed briefly about how the mind works. Downshifting is when someone is worried about surviving, or the embarrassment that happened online, and are no longer able to focus on their learning. Before the digital age something embarrassing happens and a few people would see it and laugh. Now with digital media that event can happen over and over and if it is posted on facebook people can like that status embarrassing that person even further.

Texting/chat rules to stay safe 1 only talk people you know IRL 2 make sure your parents always know the people you chat w/ 3. never say anything in chat you wouldn't say IRL tell parents if someone says something in chat that makes you feel bad.